10 Best Get Out Moments
8. The Brother
Jeremy (Caleb Landry Jones) enters, delightfully unhinged and menacingly giddy. He immediately launches into some very uncomfortable questions about Chris’ race.
He is the manifestation of obvious societal racism. He is also a red herring. We feel unease at his presence, and it feels like he is going to be the source of Chris’ turmoil. The distraction means that when the true revelation unfolds it musters so much more of a punch.
7. The Opening
LaKeith Stanfield walks alone in a dark neighbourhood. A creepy Run Rabbit overture raises the hairs on the back of your neck. The beauty of this scene is that it has all the classic horror film tropes. Night, tick. Protagonist walking alone, tick. Car crawling to a stop, tick. A brutal attack, tick. But it’s a trick. This is the wrong horror. The brilliant opening lulls us into a false sense of insecurity, and the payback of this opener is a doozie.
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6. The Party
In a party the Armitage family holds every year, Chris is paraded among a host of older middle class white couples. They eye him like a prize cow at market. He is asked questions about his physical prowess, his artistic vision, his sexual proficiency. These are the first hints of what is actually unfolding.
It is also exceptionally clever as clues become more apparent on subsequent viewings. Is that overly polite smile from Rose genuine discomfort for Chris, or a warning to Ashley LeConte Campbell (Lisa Deets) that she is going to give the game away?
